Abstracts
Résumé
Cet article analyse les dynamiques de mobilisation de la diaspora tunisienne au Canada, en réponse aux événements politiques survenus en Tunisie entre les années 1987 et 2023. L’article démontre que sous le régime autoritaire de Ben Ali (1987-2011), la diaspora tunisienne au Canada était politiquement « atomisée ». Les dynamiques d’engagement des membres de la diaspora répondaient, durant cette période, à une logique de choix rationnel. La démocratisation en 2011 a déclenché un processus de politisation au sein de la diaspora, ainsi qu’un phénomène de « cristallisation » de la diaspora tunisienne, c’est-à-dire l’acquisition d’un sentiment d’existence comme communauté diasporique. Néanmoins, la politique des compromis entre les partis politiques en Tunisie et l’échec progressif de la démocratisation tunisienne ont émoussé l’élan politique de la diaspora.
Mots-clés :
- diaspora,
- Tunisie,
- Canada,
- mobilisation,
- autoritarisme,
- démocratisation
Abstract
This article analyzes the mobilization dynamics of the Tunisian diaspora in Canada in response to Tunisian political events that occurred between 1987 and 2023. The article shows that under Ben Ali’s authoritarian regime (1987-2011), the Tunisian diaspora in Canada was politically « atomized ». During that period, members of the Tunisian diaspora behaved according to rational choices. The democratization in 2011 triggered a process of politicization within the diaspora, as well as a phenomenon of « crystallization » of the Tunisian diaspora, that is, the acquisition of a sense of existence as a diasporic community. However, the policy of compromises between political parties in Tunisia and the gradual failure of the democratization process in the country have weakened the diaspora’s political activism.
Keywords:
- diaspora,
- Tunisia,
- Canada,
- mobilization,
- authoritarianism,
- democratization
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